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Photo by Paul Bence on Unsplash What role should VR play in today’s multichannel marketing milieu? It’s late and you’ve had one too many, but you think you’re good to drive home. It’s not that far. Cabs are expensive. You really don’t want the hassle of retrieving your car in the morning. Besides, you just got… Read the full article…

As a frequent gamer, I would like to say I have fully embraced the virtual reality movement, but that is just not the case. I felt like there was an excitement when VR made its way to the cell phone community. There were apps that allow you to attend a concert or any sort of… Read the full article…

Kerry McGlynn Blog Post #5 I can really relate to learning about how Peter Arvai feels about how boring PowerPoint presentations can be. Through my journey through college especially I have realized how boring and useless they can be to an audience. But I also know that on the other end, for example being the presenter,… Read the full article…

Linden Lab‘s Sansar social VR world has launched a fashion market for user-created avatar clothing. The move opens entrepreneurial and creative opportunities for users, much like happened with Linden Lab’s predecessor world, Second Life. In addition, Sansar has launched an integration with Marvelous Designer, the fashion design software by Clo Virtual Fashion, which is used… Read the full article…

The Void has won a heap of praise for its New York-based virtual reality experience: Ghostbusters: Dimension. And now the Lindon, Utah-based company is expanding to open two new Void Experience Centers in Las Vegas and Glendale, California, near Los Angeles. Virtual reality fans have been dishing out some money for PC-based and mobile-based VR systems. But… Read the full article…

Have you ever heard of virtual reality that is extensively entering present day life. One of the recent blockchain startups in VR is MARK.SPACE. This Russian startup offers a platform for social interaction with the use of 3D technologies and VR. It is claimed to solve all the issues that other similar VR platforms encounter…. Read the full article…

MARK.SPACE, an open source platform for creation of 3D and VR compatible web-spaces (websites) and objects, powered by Blockchain, will join in the Bancor Protocol™ in order to provide MRK holders with continuous token liquidity, directly from any E-wallet. After integration of the Bancor Protocol, MRK tokens will be purchasable and sellable for any other… Read the full article…

I used to want to be a doctor. I wanted to help people and make them better. Now a video game can assist doctors with that very thing. Without going through 12 plus years of schooling, crying, and all nighters. There currently are VR programs that are able to help people with a variety of… Read the full article…

Nolan Bushnell said at ARinAction at MIT in early 2017 that AR is in the “Pong” stage of development. Indeed, industry conferences are dominated not by the makers of consumer products, but by the companies that make the tools that enable consumer software products to be made. No one can have a conversation about developing… Read the full article…

GUEST: Tools like Google Analytics, Optimizely, and KissMetrics were built for the 2D internet, which we’ve accessed through flat screens on laptops and smartphones. However, 2D analytics tools will become irrelevant as the rise of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) creates a 3D “mixed reality” internet that overlays our world. Thus, to gain… Read the full article…

Owning virtual land on the blockchain is not a new thing. Using an immutable ledger to record ownership of land parcels in the VR equivalent of ‘Second Life’ is a cool idea, especially for those gaming die-hards that are prepared to fork out thousands of dollars to own exclusive content and desirable land patches; indeed… Read the full article…

We’re bringing increased functionality to our virtual economy. We recently announced our latest partnership with Aelf and FBG Capital to build a virtual Silicon Valley. In combination with our Genesis City Auction, we’re preparing for an economic boom within Decentraland. To meet the needs of our growing virtual economy, we’re partnering with RCN to provide capital… Read the full article…

Humans have always been trying to convey or invoke different types of emotions through the use of images, it has been seen as far back as the caveman drawings with people trying to paint or draw the interactions they encounter on a daily basis. When it comes to present times the next step for trying… Read the full article…

The world that we live in very dynamic. Today it takes a matter of seconds for something to fall from a height to its end. Marketing is no different. When it comes to art of selling goods to people, some people like to play conventionally i.e. specifying benefits and the need it helps in fulfilling… Read the full article…

Joining forces to build Crypto Valley, a virtual hub for the blockchain industry. Decentraland’s Genesis City Auction commenced on December 15th. Already, we’ve seen thousands of people worldwide participate, likely making this the largest virtual land sale in history. While our community continues to form the future of Decentraland, our team has been hard at work… Read the full article…

Free VR improvisation software Mindshow is adding a major feature — sharing. So performances in Mindshow can be added to or remixed by others. For those unfamiliar, Mindshow is an innovative app which unlocks your acting skills to animate a wide range of characters. Sharing was a feature on Mindshow’s roadmap for a long time… Read the full article…

How many of us are interested in all the latest iGaming trends these days? iGaming has become one of the biggest growing industries around since 2016, Everyone is getting in on the action, but what are going to be the biggest iGaming trends in 2018? Lets take a look at some of the latest trends… Read the full article…

https://medium.com/media/b78c01eb33ddee9ef79e001a53746d4a/href Virtual Reality Chair “The Roto VR Chair” Will Be Ready To Order In Feb 2018 Roto VR just announced the first Roto VR Chairs shipping is starting. The first units are on way to delivery to development and programming studios now, and the deliveries in February are going out for all consumers. We first heard… Read the full article…

University of Connecticut: Digital Media and Design Independent Study What is Kinect? Kinect is a tool used for multiple applications as a tool that allows the user to be the controller through the motion sensing of the device. The software builds an image of the scene in front of the sensor that detects the position of… Read the full article…